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In Ghana right now there's a lot riding on getting your child to read by age 5. No one can pinpoint precisely when these expectations started. But there's a widespread sense that Africa is rising. Just last year, Ghana ranked among the world's fastest-growing

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 14 - A section of Kenyans are worried about the rising cost of living with food prices remaining a key concern for most Kenyans. Most of those who spoke to Capital News beat here in Nairobi are expecting Treasury Cabinet Secretary

Kampala, Uganda, Mar 14 - In the new world of lower commodity prices, many sub-Saharan African countries are having to diversify their economies. And while sub-Saharan Africa has had periods of rapid growth, the process by which workers move from low-productivity

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 9 - Kenya’s banking sector has experienced its most disruptive period over the last two years with the introduction of interest rate capping, emerging technologies and new products that are turning traditional banking on its head.

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21 - Jack Ma’s Ali Baba e-commerce company has employed 56,000 and created 33 million jobs in China, delivering 65 million packages per day. He is the richest person in Asia and the 14th richest in the world with a net worth estimated

As the Group of Twenty finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Germany this week, policymakers are looking at ways to increase investment in Africa. ONE Campaign’s Jamie Drummond says investing into the education, employment and

https://soundcloud.com/capitalfm-news/splitting-safaricom-would-be-the-most-ludicrous-thing-collymore Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore says a split of the mobile service provider and the M-Pesa platform will discourage investors as well

http://soundcloud.com/capitalfm-news/if-you-bring-me-here-i-would-create-billions-kirubi-schools-varsities Kirubi has challenged public universities to partner with the private sector and stop depending on government financial support for growth. He